Half-immortal civilization

Boss Zhang is very busy. He was invited by Li Yuzhang again to visit a new technology just after finishing his work on the new emperor's enthronement. ∷, of course, not photon technology, nor quark energy technology—still under research; but—a new energy collection, storage, and production technology, and this technology is relatively old, that is—nuclear energy !It can only be said that the combination of new and old technologies is a perfect combination-well, this is what the great scientist Li Yuzhang himself said.

Nuclear energy, an ancient form of energy that still shines with the sun!Don't look at what kind of energy block the Chinese Empire is using now, but the most fundamental source is stars, and the energy source of stars is nuclear fusion!

As for the antimatter (energy) that the empire has achieved good results, it can only be regarded as an alternative explosive. In fact, antimatter sounds loud, but it really doesn't have so many practical applications.

First of all, antimatter itself is a kind of secondary energy, and it is a kind of "matter" produced after consuming a lot of energy!The transformation of matter itself has an efficiency problem; therefore, from this point of view alone, there is no basis for mass use of antimatter.Secondly, antimatter is not a good baby, storage is difficult, etc., so that antimatter, which seems to be a powerful existence, can only exist in the laboratory; unless one day the antimatter world can be discovered, relying on artificial antimatter will not be able to bear the heavy responsibility of scientific and technological development. .

On the other hand, in the universe, nuclear fusion is still the main vitality. Therefore, the ultimate source of energy for Huaxia is still nuclear fusion!Regardless of whether this technology is ancient or not, as long as it can provide enough energy, this is enough!In the development of science and technology, there is a very interesting phenomenon.That is - in the process of research, we often strive for excellence, but in the process of production and use, we also pursue "mass production"; and this creates a phenomenon that we will not overly pursue advanced technology when using it, just be appropriate .

Antimatter technology isn't bad.However, it cannot cross the threshold of "mass production". In the technological society, technologies that cannot be mass-produced and popularized do not have "practical" value, and a technology without practical value is unacceptable in the technological age. It's not that you can't get research funding to promote it.

In a word, the ultimate source of energy for the Chinese Empire is still nuclear energy, even if it is the star collar technology.It still uses the nuclear energy of stars.So now Li Yuzhang, the father of energy in the Chinese Empire, is preparing to go crazy again for the upcoming interstellar migration and nuclear energy!
"Your Majesty, this is the energy budget report." After seeing Zhang Jingyuan, Li Yuzhang handed over a report directly. The report was very simple, only a few lines, but after seeing these few lines.Boss Zhang could only sigh.

Li Yuzhang saw that there were others beside Zhang Jingyuan, so he simply explained: "According to the recent calculations of the energy department. If we want to safely reach the Andromeda galaxy, each kilogram of objects needs up to 80 to 100 standard energy blocks of energy consumption; Considering the problems of coping with unexpected events, we believe that every kilogram of an object requires an energy reserve of 120 energy blocks.

Calculated on the basis of 60 kilograms per citizen, that is 7200 energy blocks!

In addition to the consumption along the way, it is not a small number.If various substances are recycled, that is, water, oxygen, etc. are recycled.Just counting the energy consumed in it, then a person needs to consume a standard energy block for 5000 years to maintain life.This is the minimum consumption, and if there are some energetic people, it can even be increased to 10 energy blocks.

In addition to these, there are also the quality of the spacecraft itself, combat equipment and so on.These are not small numbers.

But now, our energy reserves are only enough for one-tenth!

In other words, our material reserves in the past 1000 years are only enough for one-tenth of the energy consumption of the great interstellar migration.

In order to solve this problem as soon as possible, we considered for a long time and decided to adopt such a plan, which is the artificial star plan.Of course, the name of this plan is a bit exaggerated, but the idea is relatively simple.

First of all, there is a very important premise, that is, our current star collar technology is almost built, and if there are more, it will waste extra energy.After all, building a stellar collar would consume almost one day's energy reserves of the empire; the empire's one-year energy reserve could only build less than 400 star collars.

Although it is said that the more star collars built, the more energy will be generated, but similarly, building the star collar itself will also consume a lot of energy.Calculated according to the parabolic rule, we now have enough stellar collars!
But that doesn't mean we have enough energy!In fact, even if calculated based on the energy production rate of the current stellar collar, our final energy reserve can only meet 70% of the highest standard and 110% of the lowest standard.This looks nice, but it's too dangerous!Moreover, our future development will inevitably consume more energy; for example, we have to build enough spaceships and so on.

Therefore, the best way is to directly double the current energy reserve!
And how to store energy without building more lateral collars?Our idea is: artificial star technology is actually the ancient nuclear fusion technology.To be exact, a large number of artificial nuclear fusion reactors!
The nuclear fusion material is mainly hydrogen, followed by helium!And this is very abundant in space, whether it is the stars themselves, large gaseous planets, or even nebulae, etc., they are all huge collections of hydrogen and helium elements.

With our current technology, as long as it is hydrogen, we can use it for nuclear fusion.Even helium elements are fine, the technology is a bit more complicated, and the investment is relatively high, but it is not bad.

Moreover, after nuclear fusion, in addition to energy, it can even produce some elements we need, such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, which are all necessary for life. "

"Wait," Zhang Jingyuan interrupted Li Yuzhang, who became more and more excited and outrageous, "Brother, you should just talk about your plan. Technology or something, you can make up your mind. I just came to understand what you are doing. What, then let Congress back you up.

Also, it seems that this artificial star is not necessary, there is no shortage of stars in space! "

"Okay, I'll make a long story short. Really, I want to introduce it properly!" Li Yuzhang also has the common problem of researchers, wanting to find someone to show off his achievements (many scientific researches, etc., are leaked like this, and spies are absolutely He is the best person to talk to, the very patient one. Including Einstein), now being interrupted by Zhang Jingyuan, I am a little dissatisfied.But I still skipped the content that I was going to introduce in detail, "This so-called artificial star project does not really build artificial stars, but builds a large number of small nuclear fusion reactor clusters; it's like a honeycomb!
We plan this way, that is, every spaceship with a distance of more than [-] kilometers will build a large nuclear fusion reactor inside to meet the daily state requirements.We are not using nuclear energy directly now.Instead, nuclear energy is burned and converted into energy blocks for storage.In the process of interstellar migration, we have no time to store enough energy blocks, but we can store enough nuclear fuel; then fly all the way and make energy blocks all the way.Nuclear fuel can even produce some of the elements we need.

As for the raw materials of the reactor, of course they are hydrogen and helium. Although these two substances are very common in galaxies, there are plenty of large gaseous planets, and they are very easy to collect.

As planned, we utilize small space technology.Store hydrogen and helium in large quantities, and these two are enough.These things only last 100 years.We can get enough energy.In the interstellar migration, this will be our most important energy supplement.

To invite His Majesty here today is to see our first hydrogen and helium acquisition program.

In half an hour, His Majesty will see our new spaceship, a concept spaceship incorporating a nuclear fusion reactor. "

"Oh?" At this moment, Zhang Jingyuan's heart was finally moved.This period of time is in energy demand.It can be said that the empire has racked its brains. A large number of stellar collar construction projects have been launched since a hundred years ago, and they are still being constructed frantically today!So much so that some people said that the brightness of the Pearl Star Field has been reduced by half!This is of course an exaggeration.However, it is an indisputable fact that at least one tenth of the planets in the Pearl Star Field have been "confined" in the past hundred years!

For energy, the Huaxia Empire went crazy!In the age of technology, nothing can be without energy.

But even so, it still cannot meet the energy demand of the interstellar migration, and new energy research has been in full swing.But today, someone actually said: We should look back!

Yes, nuclear energy is still a widespread source of energy and energy in the universe. In this case, why not try it?And Li Yuzhang's analysis is also very good!Yes, even though technology is always looking forward, it's nice to look back once in a while!

Soon I saw the so-called concept spaceship, which was a bit weird, like a - gourd!Yes, it is the standard gourd shape, with a pointed handle, a smaller belly on the top and a bigger belly on the bottom; but in space, this spaceship is sideways.

"Your Majesty, this is a concept spaceship jointly developed and researched by us and Fengchen Group. The spaceship is divided into two parts. The second half is the nuclear reaction area and the nuclear fuel storage area. This area can already be unmanned. The spaceship technology in the previous part and the present Like the spaceship technology, once the nuclear reactor in the rear undergoes a vicious change, the front half of the spaceship can be completely separated by itself.

According to the design, the length of the spacecraft is 1200 kilometers. The first half, that is, the living area, the normal part of the spacecraft, is a spacecraft with a diameter of 400 kilometers; the second half is a nuclear reactor with a diameter of 700 kilometers.

Within the 1 kilometers, half of the space is the nuclear reactor area, and we have built a total of more than [-] nuclear reactor factory groups in it. Each large nuclear reactor can generate one energy block of energy per hour; the rest of the area, Part of it is a storage area, mainly a small space warehouse.There is also a large part of the hydrogen and helium collection plant.Theoretically, such a spacecraft flying in the Milky Way does not need to stop for maintenance at all. It can fly in space until the materials of the spacecraft age and disintegrate.

Today, we will try to start this spaceship, let us see the powerful force of the combination of new and old technologies! "(to be continued...)